11 cocktail bar rooms in Boston we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Boston | Cocktail Bar across every city.
The Wig Shop ★ 4.5
beacon-hill · 27 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111
The Wig Shop has run a speakeasy-style cocktail bar behind a fake wig-shop storefront on Temple Place in Downtown Boston since 2019. 1940s magazine-ad decor.
Backbar ★ 4.7
somerville · 7 Sanborn Ct, Somerville, MA 02143
Backbar in Union Square Somerville has poured artful cocktails behind an unmarked door in Boston since 2011. Order the greek mastiha milk punch.
Bleacher Bar ★ 4.0
kenmore-fenway · 82A Lansdowne St, Boston, MA 02215
Bleacher Bar on Lansdowne Street sits beneath the centre-field bleachers at Fenway Park in Boston's Kenmore Square since 2008. Located in Kenmore Fenway.
Estragon Tapas ★ 4.3
south-end · 700 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Julio de Haro's Estragon on Harrison Avenue has poured Spanish gin-tonics and tapas in Boston's South End since 2008. Boston Magazine Best of Boston 2023.
Yvonne's ★ 4.4
beacon-hill · 2 Winter Place, Boston, MA 02108
Yvonne's reopened the historic Locke-Ober space on Winter Place in Downtown Boston in 2015 as a modern supper club. Order the aviation cocktail.
Alibi ★ 4.2
beacon-hill · 215 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114
Alibi inside the Liberty Hotel on Charles Street has run a former-jail-cell cocktail bar in Beacon Hill Boston since 2007. Order the charles street manhattan.
The Gin Palace at Nine ★ 4.4
beacon-hill · 9 Park Street, Boston, MA 02108
The Gin Palace at Nine on Park Street is the cocktail bar inside the new Nine restaurant on Beacon Hill in Boston since August 2025. 80 gins from around.
Caffe Vittoria ★ 4.3
north-end · 290-296 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113
Caffe Vittoria on Hanover Street has poured espresso and grappa in Boston's North End since 1929. Four floors, three liquor bars, a cigar room.
Trillium Brewing Fort Point ★ 4.4
seaport-fort-point · 50 Thomson Pl, Boston, MA 02210
Trillium on Thomson Place is the Fort Point three-storey taproom and brewpub in Boston since 2018. The third-floor roof terrace is the marquee seat.
Harpoon Brewery Beer Hall ★ 4.3
seaport-fort-point · 306 Northern Ave, Boston, MA 02210
Harpoon Brewery's Beer Hall on Northern Avenue in Boston's Seaport has poured pints since 1986. Located in Seaport Fort Point. Order the harpoon ipa.
Backbar ★ 4.7
somerville · 7 Sanborn Ct, Somerville, MA 02143
Backbar is cocktail bar with no sign, hidden behind an unmarked door in union square somerville; the field and vine team owns it as of early 2025.